In addition to the old travel blog entries I’m also loading some old entries about walks we have done in NZ!
So this year I decided that I wanted to ‘get my walk on’ more this year, perhaps eventually getting up to overnight tramps eventually.
Edit to Add; This was about as far as we got with the walks, we did one other one which I will post about later – We really need to get back into this since summer is coming.
Easter weekend we did two walks, the first of which was Spa Road to Huka Falls – this is in Taupo.
This is a really easy walk, the maps etc say its 2 hours return – we did it in about 1.5hours but we didn’t stop all that much, don’t forget to factor in time to look at the falls when you get there because they are pretty awesome. Its amazing how pretty much every water fall you see is spectacular in its own unique way!
If you want to do this walk and have all the time in the world, take your togs/swimmers and about 10 minutes into the walk – or on your way back, there is a hot spring that you can relax in, just remember to watch your stuff or don’t have anything worth stealing lying around.
The track is well marked, you won’t end up anywhere else unless you don’t read the signs – you can bike the track if you take the seperately sign posted ‘rotary track’ – you end up at the same place.
Suitable for kids, you can even take a stroller if you need to, dogs are fine on a leash and don’t forget your camera because the river is the most amazing colour of blue/green you will definately want to capture that!
Have you done this walk? Do you have any other walks to recommend?